Chrome/Firefox/Safari/IE: Whenever you visit a website, data about your visit is likely sent to advertisers, social networks, and other companies. Free browser add-on Do Not Track Plus not only tells you what data is being collected, it also blocks those attempts to share your information.

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Do Not Track Plus, once installed, tells you when a website tries to send data to other companies and then blocks it. Social media buttons (Facebook like, Google +1, Twitter) still work when you click them, but when you don't click on them, they're not tracking you. You can allow Google +1s on a permission basis.

Do Not Track Plus isn't an ad blocker, so you'll still see ads. But by installing Do Not Track Plus, you block third-party sites from putting cookies on your machine and seeing that you've visited a website. Clicking on the extension shows you more detail about each category of tracking company (there are hundreds) and how Do Not Track handles them.